Sunday, February 12, 2012
For Whitney Houston (and others affected by Fortune)
Fortune
doesn’t play fair
with the lives it affects;
with the right hand it gives, the left –
it rejects. In the midst of the bounty,
when no one suspects, it changes
its course, where it deflects
from Fame to mis-
Fortune
A Rictameter Poem consists of 9 lines. Line 1 and Line 9 are the same. There is no required meter or rhyme.
The poem goes as follows:
line 1 - 2 syllables - same as line 9
line 2 - 4 syllables
line 3 - 6 syllables
line 4 - 8 syllables
line 5 - 10 syllables
line 6 - 8 syllables
line 7 - 6 syllables
line 8 - 4 syllables
line 9 - 2 syllables - same as line 1
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Wonderful poem. I must try that form one of these days. I like its symmetry which really suits the subject.
ReplyDeleteAnd congratulations on winning an Honorable Mention in last week's Limerick-Off. Great job!
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